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“On a bed of daffodil sky”

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:47:29 +0000

” Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, night, has flown, Come into the garden, Maud, I am here at the gate alone; Maud And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad, And the musk of the rose is blown. For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of Love is on high, Beginning to faint in the light that she loves On a bed of daffodil sky.”

-Tennyson
Maud, pt.1, sect.22, stanza1, l.850^9.

Still growing daffodils from bulbs. Such a cheery sight against the snowy windows.

daffydowndilly in winter

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:04:25 +0000

“From December to March, there are for many of
us three gardens:
the garden outdoors,
the garden of pots and bowls in the house,
and the garden of the mind’s eye.”
- Katherine S. White

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The name Daffodil is derived from an earlier “Affodell”, a variant of Asphodel. The reason for the introduction of the initial “d” is not known, although a probable source is an etymological merging from the Dutch article “de,” as in “De affodil.” From at least the sixteenth century “Daffadown Dilly”, “daffadown dilly”, and “daffydowndilly” have appeared as playful synonyms of the name.

Now I can say no

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:26:23 +0000

Posted at RedBubble, where viewers were very kind with their comments.

However, because Onexposure.com seeks photos with emotion that convey a story and have some sort of effect (or what they term “impact”), I did a dumb thing. I submitted it. 1x screeners eventually rejected it. One man wrote that it was “propaganda” and “not Art”. I need to research rejection and dismissal and ways to manage putting my soul into an image and have it dismissed as “not Art”. Not suitable for framing. But ’tis I! My story. My history. My past. How long must I remain quiet with my secrets? I will research this.